Investigator Award Competitions

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“It was exciting to learn about the innovative research that is taking place around the world, and it was an honor to be given the opportunity to present the results of my project in front of such an esteemed group.” ASE 2018 Abstract Presenter

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2019 Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigator’s Award CompetitionSupported by the National Board of Echocardiography

Brandon Helfield, PhD, from Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with competition namesake Dr. Arthur Weyman. Dr. Helfield was named winner of the 2018 Arthur E. Weyman Young Investigator’s Award for his work on “Endothelial Cell Repair Biophysics During Ultrasound and Microbubble Sonoporation.”

Young investigators under the age of 40 who are no more than five years from the end of their training are eligible to participate in this annual competition supported by the National Board of Echocardiography in honor of their first president, Arthur E. Weyman, MD, FASE. Four finalists will be selected to make a fifteen minute oral presentation and a poster presentation of their research at the 30th Annual ASE Scientific Sessions. The winner will be awarded $1,500 and each of the other finalists $1,000. In addition, all four finalists will receive complimentary meeting registration and travel support up to $625 to attend the meeting. The winner will also be invited to present his/her research at the December 2019 European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging’s EuroEcho-Imaging meeting, and the April 2020 Japanese Society of Echocardiography’s Annual Scientific Meeting. Young investigators must submit an abstract of original work and an additional brief manuscript of up to 1,500 words to be considered for the competition. Abstracts not selected as finalists in the competition will automatically be considered

Jason Pereira, RCS, from Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven, Connecticut, was named winner of the 2018 Brian Haluska Sonographer Research Award. Mr. Pereira’s work was on “Feasibility of Contrast Echocardiography to Assess Right Ventricular Size and Function.”

Sonographer (non-physician) investigators who served as the primary investigator on their project are eligible to participate in this annual competition supported by the ASE Foundation in honor of Brian Haluska, PhD, MSC (HONS), RDCS, AMS, FASE and his incredible contributions to sonographer-led research over the course of his career. Four finalists will be selected to make an oral presentation and a poster presentation of their research at the 30th Annual ASE Scientific Sessions. The winner will be awarded $500. In addition, all four finalists will receive complimentary meeting registration. To be eligible, applicants must hold echocardiography certification from ARDMS or CCI, or an equivalent international sonography certification, and must indicate that they would like to be considered for the competition when submitting their work. Abstracts not selected as finalists in the competition will automatically be considered for general presentation.